English Kills Art Gallery is pleased to present Maximum Perception : Contemporary Brooklyn Performance, the first exhibition to cover the entire range of contemporary live art produced in Brooklyn.

Featuring 30 artists producing over 20 newly commissioned performances, this exhibition seeks to open and explore the crucial dialog produced by these artists within Brooklyn and its artistic community.

In addition to featuring traditional photo and video documentation, the exhibition seeks for the first time to create an entirely live environment for expression: at all open gallery hours, at least one performance will be taking place within the gallery. It is the goal of Curators Dobill and Harding to substantiate and elevate the “live” aspect of the performance artists’ practice beyond the realm of “opening reception” and “special event” to the actuality of an available experience in a gallery setting.

Participating artists include: Amber Alert, Rob Andrews, Elaine Angelopoulos, Lydia Bell, Matthew Blair, Ryan Brown, Ian Campbell, Alex Chechile, Andrea Cote, Peter Dobill, Holly Faurot + Sarah H. Paulson, Ximena Garnica + Shige Moriya, Andrew Hurst, Naoki Iwakawa, Amery Kessler, Marni Kotak, Sujin Lee, Evelyn Lewis, Melissa Lockwood, Jill McDermid, The Mercury Twins (Emcee C.M., Master of None and Huong Ngo) with The K.I.D.S., Marissa Mickelberg, Jeremy Slater, Mark Stafford, Lech Szporer, Matt White, and Jen Zak.